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Rainbow Cake

This rainbow cake is a labor of love and sweetness. Getting all the colors right and laying down all that frosting takes some serious time and effort. If you want to learn how to make one for yourself or someone special, follow the link below for the details.

Say it with Cake... via Neatorama

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Aug 28, 2010. 8:43 PMgeodez says:
*Scout cries*
Feb 17, 2010. 6:21 AMGoodhart says:
egads that is made with 6 full height layers?   If it were made more like a Torte it wouldn't be so high, but then, that might take some of the fun(?) out of it?  :-)     I wonder if icing can be made clear.....hmmm
 
Feb 17, 2010. 5:14 AMmonnster says:
....."happy birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!"......."Happy birthday dear (fill in the BLANK) !!!!!"....."Happy......Ugh!!!(this is stupid!)


Hey!!!  Is that like, jello!!!!        =?   
Jan 2, 2010. 12:34 PMDiandra1993 says:
I say it looks gorgeous and definately like something i would consume and eat up every last bit of it without even giving my mom
Aug 25, 2009. 2:41 PMlemonie says:
Looks noxious, I think jelly / Jell-O would work better, you could backlight it too? L
Nov 27, 2009. 8:26 PMcupcake811 says:
  I've seen a recipe like this using Jell-O in a magazine a while ago...
Aug 25, 2009. 9:06 PMKryptonite says:
A little dessert platter with an LED through the bottom. Not sure about the white section though, maybe if you made thin layers of white and used a bright enough LED then it would shine the whole way through? That would be great for parties.
Aug 25, 2009. 11:15 PMlemonie says:
Rainbows don't have white in them, but yes that sort of thing. L
Aug 26, 2009. 3:42 PMKryptonite says:
This cake has white.
Aug 26, 2009. 4:01 PMlemonie says:
Yes, but rainbows don't. L
Nov 25, 2009. 4:32 PMcupcake811 says:
You can think of the white as the clouds.
Aug 27, 2009. 3:40 PMKryptonite says:
I was talking about this cake though.
Aug 26, 2009. 10:53 PMred-king says:
well... maybe they should.
Feb 17, 2010. 6:13 AMGoodhart says:
Well, rainbows were "originally" white light, that is refracted into all the colors....having white is kind of self defeating :-)
 
Feb 19, 2010. 1:38 PMred-king says:
 I suppose... haha.
Feb 19, 2010. 2:56 PMGoodhart says:
Pssst,  I was humorously over-analyzing that ;-) 
Nov 25, 2009. 9:40 PMDoctor What says:
Might just make one for friday, being the day of Harvey Milk's death.... Very important day!

But then again, it's slightly ironic, due to the twinkie defense!  I was driven insane by rainbow cake.
Aug 26, 2009. 4:44 PMRock Soldier says:
Does it taste like a rainbow? If it doesn't, I'm disappointed for six layers of cake on top of each other.
Aug 26, 2009. 7:27 PMRock Soldier says:
Cherry for red Orange for...well, orange lemon for yellow lime for green something blue for blue and grape for purple.
Aug 28, 2009. 7:25 PMFlumpkins says:
Or Roses for Red Pennies for Orange Mustard for Yellow Pickles for Green Mayonnaise for blue and squid ink for purple :)
Aug 28, 2009. 8:16 PMRock Soldier says:
Hey! Your suggestion made me make a new poem!

Roses taste like red
mayonnaise like blue
Pickles are green
Just like my spleen

I never said it was good
Nov 25, 2009. 4:32 PMcupcake811 says:
Ha!
Nov 25, 2009. 5:02 PMRock Soldier says:
Roses are red
Pickles are green
Blueberries are blue
This taste like glue
Aug 28, 2009. 7:58 PMRock Soldier says:
YUM!
Aug 29, 2009. 8:17 AMFlumpkins says:
lol and nice poem :)
Aug 26, 2009. 10:52 PMred-king says:
blue could be blueberries.
Aug 27, 2009. 6:58 AMRock Soldier says:
Yea but that seems a little weird for a cake in my opinion. Muffins however...
Aug 27, 2009. 12:27 PMClayton H. says:
OHH! blue raspberries!
Aug 27, 2009. 12:30 PMRock Soldier says:
Or...Blueberry muffin flavor!
Nov 25, 2009. 4:36 PMcupcake811 says:
Yum! Maybe you could pipe something on top. Or you could serve it unsliced as a plain white cake and then you would slice it... surprise!
Sep 1, 2009. 2:09 PMD.L.H. says:
Wow well you don't see that everyday.
Aug 31, 2009. 3:23 PMCyborgRay says:
OH color the frosting in between cake layers for a mega rainbow!!
Aug 25, 2009. 1:05 PMRock Soldier says:
Is it just six cakes stacked on top of each other?
Aug 29, 2009. 5:04 AMGoodhart says:
Yeah, this is pretty much like a Dobos Torte` only less fancy.
Aug 30, 2009. 4:28 PMcodongolev says:
but way more fun and spontaneous.
Aug 30, 2009. 8:18 PMGoodhart says:
I don't know....working with thin layers of cake can be a bit tedious at times :-)
Aug 25, 2009. 1:01 PMmakebot says:
Sometimes, for parties, I'll make a similar thing with jello.
Aug 26, 2009. 10:54 PMred-king says:
I think i've seen that before somewhere...
Aug 26, 2009. 3:43 PMKryptonite says:
Some one had to say it; THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!
Aug 26, 2009. 6:51 AMknexsuperbuilderfreak says:
so rainbowey so tasty!
Aug 26, 2009. 6:04 AMjeff-o says:
Looks tasty! I'll have to remember this for my kids' birthdays...
Aug 26, 2009. 4:32 AMporcupinemamma says:
That's one cool cake!!
Aug 25, 2009. 12:10 PM=SMART= says:
Woah cool, you wouldn't find that in nature ! Imagine if you diddnt tell the person ! they would cut it and be amazed
Aug 25, 2009. 9:08 PMKryptonite says:
Like hiding some one in a cake, but better!
Aug 25, 2009. 1:17 PMkelseymh says:
Mmmm....Take two pieces and put one upside down on top of the other... double rainbow!
Aug 25, 2009. 12:39 PMamakerguy says:
awesome that looks really good not right now

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